If Reports That North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un Is Dead Are True, Here Are His Possible Heirs

The Politburo meeting on Saturday April 11, 2020, discussed the country’s efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus | Photo: Rodong Sinmun

Bloomberg: If Not Kim Jong Un, Who? Possible Heirs to North Korea’s Throne

The mystery surrounding Kim Jong Un’s health exposes deep uncertainty about North Korea’s line of succession more than eight years after he took power.

While the Kim family has ruled for seven decades by passing power between male heirs like other hereditary dynasties, the 36-year-old Kim has named no successor. His own children are still young and the ruling family’s surviving adults all face potential barriers to their rise.

Here are some possible successors:

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Update: With Kim Jong Un Reportedly On His Death Bed, These Are The Most Likely Heirs To The North Korean Throne (Zero Hedge)

WNU Editor: Among the Kim family the only one who has a chance of succeeding Kim Jong Un is his sister Kim Yo Jong. She is a senior member in the politburo. Will inherit and control the vast security apparatus that protects the Kim family. And more importantly, IMHO, has the loyalty of many in the hierarchy who owe their position to the Kim family and who would not want the status quo to be disrupted. There is also the possibility that she may not want the job and/or support for her ascension to the top job is simply not there. In that case the Politburo will decide on who will take the top job. As to who do I expect to move into that position. It will be either Kim family confident and a senior member of the government Choe Ryong-hae, or premier Kim Jae-ryong who is actually new to the job and does not have the baggage that everyone else at the top has.